Toads

Written for Paul Brookes' ekphrastic challenge - one poem a day in April 2021. 

 

The art work for this day is "Fly Agaric" by John Law

 

 

 

Toads

 

A dome of red

with dots of cream 

seems like the perfect place for 

toads to squat.

 

The perfect height

to pontificate 

and put to rights

the problems of the world

of toads. 

How there are 

too many frogs

around the pond these days

with their weird croaks

and mysterious froggy ways. 

The toads all nod,

slip off their stools

and disappear

into the evening gloom.

Tim Fellows 2021